During the Renaissance, the Medici family in Florence, Italy wore purple. (6) Since Antiquity, the color of kings and emperors, but mostly nonexistent in Renaissance and Medieval era due to near extinction of the snail used to make imperial purple. Imperial purple disappeared in 1453.
1 cup water -- 1/2 cup oatmeal. 1.5 [one and one-half cups] water -- 3/4 cup of oatmeal. Twice as much water as oats. The oatmeal to water ratio of 2 to 1 works for rolled oats. For steel cut oats, the proportion is 4 to 1 -- 1 cup of water and 1/4 cup of steel cut oats.
Cooking Rolled Oats and Old Fashioned Oatmeal. 1  1. Fill a pot with 1 cup (240 milliliters) of water and put it on the stove. To make more oatmeal, add 1 cup (240 milliliters) of water per serving. 2  2. Bring the water to a boil. This will give you nice, firm oats. 3  3. Add Â½ cup (40 grams) of oatmeal to the pot.